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The Banksy Job is a 2016 documentary film directed by Ian Roderick Gray and Dylan Harvey about how self-described "art terrorist" Andy Link (AK47) stole Banksy's sculpture, The Drinker.Funding for the film was crowdsourced in 2015 through Indiegogo.https://en.wikipedi…wiki/The_Banksy_Job

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The ever-elusive, ever-inventive Banksy has once again made a fool of the art world, and captivated millions. But has the joke itself slightly self-destructed? Banksy's remotely shredded “Girl With Balloon” was meant to poke fun at the excesses of the ...

On Friday, auction house Sotheby's sold a painting by British graffiti artist Banksy for $1.4 million. The piece was a copy of one of the artist's most famous works, an image of a girl releasing a red balloon, and moments after it was sold, the ...

"Girl With Balloon," one of the most recognized works of the England-based street artist known as Banksy, fetched a hefty $1.37 million (£1.04 million) at a Sotheby's auction in London on Friday. But perhaps the real art installation didn't arrive ...

LONDON (AP) — Art prankster Banksy has struck again. A work by the elusive street artist apparently self-destructed in front of startled auction-goers on Friday, moments after being sold for 1.04 million pounds ($1.4 million). The spray-painted canvas ...

Anonymous British graffiti artist Banksy has pulled off another stunt that seized the attention of the art world — this time at the expense of his own work. On Friday, a Banksy painting titled “Girl with Red Balloon” was being auctioned at Sotheby's ...

LONDON -- Art prankster Banksy has struck again. A work by the elusive street artist apparently self-destructed in front of startled auction-goers on Friday -- moments after it was sold for 1.04 million pounds ($1.4 million). The spray-painted canvas ...

LONDON — The British street artist Banksy pulled off one of his most spectacular pranks on Friday night, when one of his trademark paintings appeared to self-destruct at Sotheby's in London after selling for $1.4 million at auction. The work, “Girl ...

LONDON (AP) — Art prankster Banksy has struck again. A work by the elusive street artist apparently self-destructed in front of startled auction-goers on Friday, moments after being sold for 1.04 million pounds ($1.4 million). The spray-painted canvas ...

For an artist that's known for his stunts, this could be Banksy's most perfect art world prank. After the gavel fell Friday at Sotheby's auction house in London, Banksy's Girl with Balloon was reduced to shreds -- another apparent act in the disruptive ...

A stencil spray painting by elusive artist Banksy shredded itself after it was sold for more than £1m. Girl With Balloon, one of Banksy's most widely recognised works, was auctioned by Sotheby's in London. The framed piece shows a girl reaching towards ...

Banksy has played what could be one of the most audacious pranks in art history, with one of his best-known works self-destructing after being sold at auction for just over £1m. Girl With Balloon was the final item in an auction at Sotheby's in London ...